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Subject: Re: majordomo
From: -Vince- <vince @ apollo . COSC . GOV>
Date: Sat, 7 Oct 1995 03:08:09 -0700 (PDT)
To: Paul Close <pdc @ lunch . engr . sgi . com>
Cc: majordomo-users @ GreatCircle . COM, majordomo-workers @ GreatCircle . COM
In-reply-to: <199509291625.JAA04757@lunch.engr.sgi.com>

On Fri, 29 Sep 1995, Paul Close wrote:

> > > > 	I'm trying to setup majordomo so any posts to the list will go to the
> > > > digest which goes out once a day and I am using Crontab to do it.  Any 
> > > > ideas what I am doing wrong?
> > > 
> > > You didn't say what wasn't working.  I assume messages are queuing up all
> > > right, it's just that a digest isn't sent out daily?
> > 
> > 	I'm not sure if the messages are queuing up all right since nothing
> > is in the directories in both listname.archive and 
> > /usr/home/digests/listname-digest
> 
> Messages posted to the main list should show up in your digest work
> directory ($digest_work_dir in majordomo.cf).  If they don't, you have
> something mis-configured.

	It doesn't and here is what I am getting is:

>From MAILER-DAEMON@apollo.COSC.GOVFri Oct  6 20:49:11 1995
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 1995 08:59:11 -0700
From: Mail Delivery Subsystem <MAILER-DAEMON@apollo.COSC.GOV>
To: gus-sdk-owner@apollo.COSC.GOV
Subject: Returned mail: unknown mailer error 2

The original message was received at Thu, 28 Sep 1995 00:16:39 -0700
from majordom@localhost

   ----- The following addresses had delivery problems -----
"|/usr/home/majordomo/wrapper digest -r -C -l gus-sdk-digest gus-sdk-digest-outgoing,nobody"  (unrecoverable error)
    (expanded from: gus-sdk-outgoing)

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
open of temp file /usr/home/majordomo/digests/gus-sdk-digest/shlock.290 failed
 Permission denied
ABORT open of temp file /usr/home/majordomo/digests/gus-sdk-digest/shlock.290 failed
 Permission denied at majordomo.pl line 209.
554 "|/usr/home/majordomo/wrapper digest -r -C -l gus-sdk-digest gus-sdk-digest-outgoing,nobody"... unknown mailer error 2
220-apollo.COSC.GOV Sendmail 8.6.11/8.6.9 ready at Thu, 28 Sep 1995 08:55:42 -0700
220 ESMTP spoken here
250 apollo.COSC.GOV Hello daemon@localhost, pleased to meet you
250 Only one transaction
250 <owner-gus-sdk@apollo.COSC.GOV>... Sender ok

	Any ideas?

> > 	Hopefully it does but does my /etc/aliases look correct if people 
> > mailing to gus-general which is the mailing list version will queue and 
> > have cron actually sending out the daily digest with the above cron 
> > entry for gus-general-digest?  
> > 
> > Here is my /etc/aliases:
> > 
> > gus-general: "|/usr/home/majordomo/wrapper resend -l gus-general -h apollo.COSC.GOV gus-general-outgoing,nobody"
> > gus-general-outgoing: "|/usr/local/bin/bulk_mailer -m owner-gus-general@apollo.COSC.GOV /usr/home/majordomo/lists/gus-general","|/usr/home/majordomo/wrapper digest -r -C -l gus-general-digest gus-general-digest-outgoing,nobody"
> 
> Yes, these entries look fine.

	Good but something with those digest work directories has a problem.

Cheers,
-Vince- vince@apollo.COSC.GOV - GUS Mailing Lists Admin
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